# Crap That People Hang From Their Rear-View Mirrors! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2007, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175 "2007-04-08T11:56:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/21 "2007-04-08T19:50:48Z")
I have two strands of green Mardi Gras beads that were thrown at a Renaissance festival years ago, and my staff parking permit. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/22 "2007-04-08T20:01:53Z")
I have a very small windchime. It is only about 3 inches long and doesn’t even register in my peripheral vision. It makes New England potholes a teeny bit less unpleasant as it tinkles merrily away while my suspension system and tires take a beating. ---
**Author:** ![Aioua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@Aioua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aioua)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/23 "2007-04-08T21:57:11Z")
I have my original Wii wrist straps… you know the ones that would break and kill people. Mine never did. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/24 "2007-04-08T22:02:55Z")
I have a couple of strands of beads wrapped around my mirror shaft (sentimental reasons). They are arranged in such a way as to not interfere with my vision. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/25 "2007-04-08T22:29:34Z")
I have the penis bone of a bear, with the two lower canines and two claws from the hind foot. [See?](http://www.flickr.com/photos/cowgirljules/377955672/in/set-72157594479152035/) The only way that would block my view of a pedestrian would be if said pedestrian happened to be airborne and flying directly over my hood at the time. That hardly ever happens. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/26 "2007-04-08T23:56:05Z")
Nothing. **Suburban Plankton** has a rosary. I drove his car once and almost got into an accident because I was distracted by the way the rosary moved going around a sharp turn. That is why I have nothing…I’m easily distracted. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/27 "2007-04-09T02:15:23Z")
I have a small glass penis hanging from a bit of purple rat tail silk. It’s on account of Hermes, god of travellers, roads, boundaries and messengers–it keeps me safe on the roads, sort of a travelling herma y’see… ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/28 "2007-04-09T03:25:40Z")
I don’t have anything. I’ve thought about it, but somehow never actually got around to it. At one time I had the whistle I used for playground duty, but it was on a really long black string so it didn’t get in the way of anything. It did amuse me to watch the way it moved when the car stopped or turned. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/29 "2007-04-09T03:51:56Z")
I have a standing “backstage pass” for concerts by a band I am close friends with, and a fan club necklace for another band. The pass is on a long black lanyard and hangs down to the radio, the necklace is short and hangs just under the mirror itself. And I have a pink organza ribbon rose with a brown feather tucked into its petals on my visor (gifts from young friends.) None of it interferes with my vision at all. ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/30 "2007-04-09T08:35:42Z")
I’ve got an equal-armed cross charm that one of my best friends gave me for my 21st birthday. I’m a sucker for equal-armed crosses. It’s red and outlined in white and black. ~Tasha ---
**Author:** ![Dying\_Butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@Dying\_Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dying_Butterfly)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/31 "2007-04-09T08:49:15Z")
The family car (I’m car-less myself) has a bit of copper wire with glass beads dangling from the mirror. It came off a scented candle from a wedding goody bag. I’m not sure _why_ it’s there, other than my mom thinks it’s pretty. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/32 "2007-04-09T12:35:24Z")
> [@](#): > > used to have a few security/parking passes. > > Years ago. Same here – the only thing I ever had hanging from my rear-view mirror were parking passes. I still have one, hanging in my basement. The parking lot disappeared before I left that company. I lost the other one, which was probably a useless pass anyway – it enabled me to park at a lot _blocks_ away from the building I worked in. I probably could’ve parked closer on the street. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/33 "2007-04-09T13:31:23Z")
A crystal necklace (OOOoo rainbows!), a chunk of [trinitite](http://www.minresco.com/trinitite/trin.htm) and my handicap placard. ---
**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/34 "2007-04-09T13:56:41Z")
I have Spongebob Squarepants. He was supposed to be a cat toy, with a suction cup so he could bobble around. I figgered that suction cup would work great just stuck on my windshield in the middle, under the mirror, and it does! I love it. Makes me feel quite youthful and always provides a giggle. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/35 "2007-04-09T14:04:52Z")
Nothing now. When I was a teenager, I used to have a cut crystal hanging from my rearview mirror - they were very popular in my area, about the size of a small plum. Until one day, I stopped quickly, it swung backwards, and then swung forwards, and cracked my windshield :smack: . I took it down after that. E. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/36 "2007-04-09T14:04:55Z")
I don’t see dice myself, from Puerto Ricans or anyone else. A couple years back, though, it seemed the Puerto Ricans around Orlando seemed to love to hand CDs from their rear-view mirrors (they really stick out when you’re following it from behind.) ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/37 "2007-04-09T15:55:49Z")
I have my college graduation tassle. I use it as a zenith-nadir indicator. (Kind of a perpendicular turn & bank indicator.) ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/38 "2007-04-09T16:09:24Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] A couple years back, though, it seemed the Puerto Ricans around Orlando seemed to love to hand CDs from their rear-view mirrors (they really stick out when you’re following it from behind.) [/QUOTE] Around my area it seems that a lot of folks seemingly from Arabic backgrounds tend to hang CDs like this. I can’t for the life of me figure out why. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/39 "2007-04-09T16:20:33Z")
An AC/DC air freshener that ain’t so fresh anymore. I use to have fuzzy Micky Mouse dice my hubby got me for my birthday/honeymoon present, but I think they got towed off with my old Blazer. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175/40 "2007-04-09T16:30:04Z")
I don’t know what to call it. It’s purely decorative. It looks like an ornament. It’s circular, and the two sides of it are bent to make it look 3-D. In the center are two hummingbirds and a sapphire-colored stone…the whole thing is a lovely blue. i got it at a flea market. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-that-people-hang-from-their-rear-view-mirrors/399175.md?page=3)